I love Google Alerts :) I found a new review for Pride & Passion today - The Romance Studio says..."Lily and Jake's rocky r

My latest Slu

It's beena busy year for me, and not on the writing front! So much has been going on, and time has passed quickly. Lucky for me, I am blessed with two friends to managed to get me to focus on myself just a little bit.One bought me a Nook. Huge gift, right? I know, she's amazing. But the gift has been more than t

I'm using my

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...today at Lucy Monroe's Readers At Home conference. Check it out!

I'm at

I'll tell you what they are at The Pink Heart Society today. Don't much care? Oh, well...there is a HOT picture of Aiden Turner involved...

I just got word that Compromising Positions finaled in the Passionate Plume. I'm tickled :) Her Cinderella Complex finalled last year, so I'm excited to

Pride & Passion is in the top ten at Books On Board for the second week in a row. Go on, look at the top ten list...see what I mean? That's not the romance top sellers (P&P is number 2 there), it's all the Books On Board ebooks. Wowza.I know it

I found the first review for Pride & Passion today. Single Titles says ::"

...at the

A writing friend nudged me toward this post the other day and I loved it so much I decided to declare today CJ Redwine Day.Oh, it's already St. Patrick's Day? Hmmm...OK, substitute whiskey for gin in CJ's How to Write a Qu

I'm still tinkering with Shattered Expectations. The synopsis helped highlight the big picture issues...and I've realized that I started to story too late. I tend to write my way into a story and I think I overcorrected. But, even though I know exactly what should happen in this new first scene...I can't seem to write it.

When I was a kid, you couldn't get away from tadpoles. Now, maybe t

It's been a while since I've watched movies, longer still since I've been to a movie theater - I think the last time was pre-PrincessDiva, when I took BabyBoy to see Horton Hears a Who. Finding a chunk of time long enough for a movie is hard, and my kids aren't what people call 'easy', so finding someone willing to watch th

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I've been taking

I'm over at I Don't Want To Wait, I Want The Book Now...talking about...well, everything!

Happy release day to me!

Guess who has an excerpt on Tawny Taylor's Sassitude blog to help celebrate ebook week? That would be me...with Pride & Passion. Only a couple more days an

Writers obsess about word count. Many of our publishers have word count limits - both high and low. Being too wordy makes for a hard read, and no one likes that. What follows are a few phrases that can be pared down to make room for better word choices ::bit down -> bitlifted up -> liftedstood up ->

...I'm at The Pink Heart Society today talking about our Staycation plans.

Lily closed her bedroom door behind her and slumped against it, flipping

Last weekend my local RWA chapter hosted a weekend of workshops. We had some great speakers - 1st Turning Point came to talk about promotion, Delilah Marvelle showed us plotstorming, Michael Hauge made my head want to explode with his story structure, and Bob Mayer gave his Warrior Writer workshop.I knew going i